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Rob Letterman, co-writer and co-director of DreamWorks' "Shark Tale," has signed on at Universal to pen his first live-action feature. The Unprofessionals" is a military comedy in the vein of "Stripes"; "The Fast And The Furious" producer Neal Moritz is in negotiations to produce..." (full details) Writer-director Austin Chick is adapting Arthur Nersesian's novel "Manhattan Loverboy" with an eye to direct for Cherry Road Films. Nersesian's novel follows a young Columbia U. student who must deal with the consequences of angering a powerful CEO, leading to a quasi-existential battle between individual and corporation..." (full details) James Stern's financing and production shingle Endgame has optioned the feature film rights to David Crane and Larry Coen's Off Broadway show and screenplay "Epic Proportions." John Landis is attached to direct the film from a script being rewritten by Todd Berger. Comedy set during the Great Depression follows two ne'er-do-well brothers who begin as extras and move up the ranks on an expensive yet ultimately doomed movie shoot about the biblical plagues..." (full details) Thanks to 'KC'.

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